Dillard, Missouri
Dillard is an unincorporated community in southern Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Huzzah Creek and Missouri Route 49, approximately 22 miles south of Steelville in the Mark Twain National Forest.[2] The Dillard Mill State Historic Site lies about one mile south of the community at the confluence of Indian Creek with Huzzah Creek.
This building formerly served as the local post office in Dillard.
A post office called Dillard was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1976.[3] The community was named after Joseph Dillard Cottrell, proprietor of nearby Dillard Mill.[4]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dillard, Missouri
- Viburnum West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1981 rev.)
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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